Importance of asanas and pranayama in gaining emotional balance
My personal experience. When practicing yoga, the matt becomes a mirror. Reflecting yourself as who you are in that moment. Showing how every day is different, every time you step on the mat your body and mind is in a different state constantly changes with all the influences of what is fed into the body and mind continuously, moment to moment, day by day. Intensively practising at Atmavikasa, and it seems that there is no where to hide, no distractions or ways to avoid seeing yourself everyday. The days are structured, the diet is clean, mind fed with yoga philosophy and the practise under the strict attention of Acharya Venkatesh. Yoga has helped me in discovering my strengths and weakenesses both physically and mentally. Most of the time its the discomforting parts of myself that pinches the ego and makes me recoil. But learning to move through various pains on the mat, has helped me a lot in moving through the uncomfortable situations in life. When Archarya tal